Fe-vacancy order and superconductivity in tetragonal Β-Fe 1-xSe

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-68

  Chen, Ta Kun ^a   Chang, Chung Chieh ^a   Chang, Hsian Hong ^b   Fang, Ai Hua ^a   Wang, Chih Han ^a   Chao, Wei Hsiang ^a   Tseng, Chuan Ming ^a   Lee, Yung Chi ^a,c   Wu, Yu Ruei ^a   Wen, Min Hsueh ^a   Tang, Hsin Yu ^c,d   Chen, Fu Rong ^a,c   Wang, Ming Jye ^a,b   Wu, Maw Kuen ^a,c,e   Van Dyck, Dirk ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Magnetism; Phase diagram

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; IRON; IRON SELENIDE; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SELENIDE; THALLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84891913877     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1321160111     Document Type: Article

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